| Explore | Plants need different amounts of sunlight and water to survive. Some plants don't need much water or sunlight to survive, while some need lots of sunlight and water. All plants are made of cells. Plant cells have mitochondria and chloroplasts for cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is when carbon dioxide and water turn into glucose (sugar) and oxygen using energy from the sun. Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast. Cellular respiration is when oxygen and glucose turn into carbon dioxide, water, and ATP energy. Cellular respiration occurs in the mitochondria. If a plant doesn't have what it needs for photosynthesis or cellular respiration, it can't create what it needs to survive and will die. Some interesting questions about plants are how much water does a plant need to survive, and will watering a plant with colored water affect the plant or plant's color. |
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| Research Question | How much water does it need to grow? |
| Predictions | If you put in more water then the plant will grow better. |
| Experimental Design | Start with 5 seeds and 5 drops of water in each then let it sit overnight then each seed will get a different amount of water seed one will get 5 more drops of water seed two will get 10 drops of water seed 3 will get 15 drops of water seed 4 will get 20 drops of water then seed 5 will get 25 drops of water then repeat step 2 repeat steps 3-7. see which plants sprout first |
| Conclusion | The seeds that got the most water grew the most. |
| Investigation Theme | WOS |
| Teacher Name | Evelyn Gray |
| School Name | DeWitt Middle School |
| Session | Spring 2021 |